Written by

Jim Wyatt
Gannett Tennessee

As a kid, Quinton Patton loved racing in the streets of Antioch with other neighborhood boys.

Only he could never understand why his competitors always got a head start.

"Quinton wanted to run with the pack, so I'd always put him five yards behind everybody else," Herman Patton said. "He'd say, 'Dad, why do I have to start behind everybody?' And I'd tell him, 'I want you to catch them, and beat them.' ...